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    "id": 88496,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Affey",
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Affey",
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    "content": "Thank you, very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the outset, I want to thank the Chair and congratulate the Chair on the manner in which it forced the Government to provide positions on these very important Bills this House passed. I would like to get advice from the Chair on a particular issue where a Bill is passed by Parliament which is contrary to the Constitution. The Constitution which the President has returned to now is the former constitution Section 89 - The Indemnity Repeal Act, which is contrary to the Constitution. It went through and Parliament, in its own wisdom, discussed that Bill. We revisited it, it was passed again on 14th March, 2010 in this very House. The Government refused to assent to it for nearly five months until we got a ruling from the Chair which forced them now to refuse to sign this into law. It goes even against the current constitution and the Bill of Rights. I would like to request the Chair, given the circumstances that this Bill goes against the tenets of our current constitution and the former Constitution that you give a ruling that this Bill is null and void and therefore, it passes as the House has already passed it. It does not require presidential assent; Indemnity Repeal Act."
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